2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 761 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of La Verne

La Verne, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,526 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of La Verne. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. ULV is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Verne, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ULV also took the #1 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of La Verne are $14,526, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Child Development at University of La Verne

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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